About Starburst

Starburst is the analytics engine for all your data. We provide the fastest, most efficient analytics engine for your data warehouse, data lake, or data mesh. We’re on a mission to free our customers to see the invisible and achieve the impossible. We unlock the value of distributed data by making it fast and easy to access, no matter where it lives. Starburst queries data across any database, making it instantly actionable for data-driven organizations. With Starburst, teams can lower the total cost of their infrastructure and analytics investments, prevent vendor lock-in, and use the existing tools that work for their business. Today more than 150 leading organizations trust us to make better decisions faster.

Though Starburst has achieved a unicorn status and raised $414M in venture funding from top investors, we were founded in a rather unusual way with customers and revenue from the very beginning! We operate globally in 10 countries and are proud to be named a Best Place to Work. Come join our team of All-Stars!

About the role

Starburst is about to 'launch' into outer space and we're looking for a Director to lead our Talent Team. We doubled headcount in 2021 and are on the path to double again next year across all departments. The talent team today is amazing as they work collaboratively with hiring managers to source candidates, develop processes and close new hires. Our product is strong, our people are amazing, and combined gives us a recipe for success. 

This role is meant for someone who is excited to get in at the ground level to define and implement our talent strategy, create scalable interview processes, build a memorable brand, lead and support recruiters and ensure we are prepared for everything involved with working in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

Responsibilities:

• Attract, lead, inspire, and develop a strong, high-performing talent team.
• Create a culture of excellence, empowering recruiters to find top talent and hiring managers to make confident hiring decisions.
• Create and execute on all talent strategies and employer brand identity.
• Build strong and credible relationships with Hiring Managers. 
• Determine, track and analyze success metrics for all recruiting-based activities.
• Lead creative sourcing strategies and coach team members on best practices. 
• Drive continuous improvement of the interview process and candidate experience.
• Proactively anticipate challenges to overcome and provide innovative solutions.
• Manage tools, systems, and partnerships that support all talent functions.

Required Experience & Competencies:

• Proven experience effectively managing, leading, scaling, and motivating a talent team; bonus points for global leadership experience.
• Past experience as a full-cycle recruiter, closing hard-to-fill positions.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to build long-term relationships with internal and external partners at all levels.
• Extensive experience with sourcing strategies and approaches to hiring top talent.
• In-depth experience using LinkedIn Recruiter; bonus points for knowledge of other specialized sourcing tools and platforms.
• Experience using (and loving) modern Applicant Tracking Systems; bonus points for knowledge of Lever. 
• Experience building and managing team performance metrics that drive decisions and motivate behaviors.
• An understanding of US-related recruitment laws and compliance regulations. 
• Excellent organization and time management skills to juggle multiple high-priority projects and team leadership. 
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high-growth environment making strategic and tactical decisions oftentimes quickly.
• Strong self-awareness and ownership over your work; you’re not afraid to ask questions or admit when you are wrong. 
• A love for start-up life :-)

Benefits

At Starburst, we’re constantly striving towards building a place where people come first by creating an environment of transparency, honesty, and respect. We take care of our global workforce by making sure employees enjoy competitive salaries and attractive stock grants, remote-friendly work options, access to quality and affordable insurance, and flexible and generous paid time off to start a family, travel, or just relax! 

Headquartered in Boston MA with offices in Warsaw and London and employees across Europe and the Americas, we are committed to hiring where the talent is.

Starburst provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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